UConn football notebook: UConn raising money for Howard tribute

Updated 11:29 pm, Wednesday, September 3, 2014

HOWARD TRIBUTE: Five years after UConn cornerback Jasper Howard was stabbed to death in the center of campus, the university is raising money to build a memorial in his honor at Rentschler Field, NBC Connecticut reported Wednesday. Howard was fatally stabbed outside the school's student union in Storrs hours after the team had defeated Louisville on Oct. 18, 2009.

The school is collecting donations to construct a statue in Howard's memory and hopes to raise between $20,000 and $30,000. The plan is to unveil the statue at a home game in November, according to athletics spokesman Michael Enright, NBC Connecticut reported. Enright said the statue will likely be placed on the concourse in front of the scoreboard.